A MAN was stabbed after a visitor to his partner's home pounced on him from behind, a court heard yesterday.

Steven Spedding suffered a stab wound to his buttock when Wayne Jones, 28, allegedly attacked him last November.

Newcastle Crown Court heard how Mr Jones had been asked to leave Mr Spedding's partner's home in Jarrow, Tyneside - where he had been visiting her teenage son - because it was getting late.

But prosecutor Ian Graham said that Mr Spedding went out and found the defendant waiting for him.

Mr Graham said: "He stabbed out at the back of Mr Spedding, and managed to push his knife into his buttock." Mr Spedding pushed Mr Jones away before limping back into the house.

Mr Jones, of no fixed abode, denies wounding with intent.

The trial continues.